Zebrafish seizure model identifies p,p′-DDE as the dominant contaminant of fetal california sea lions that accounts for synergistic activity with domoic acid

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 545-551

  Tiedeken, Jessica A ^a   Ramsdell, John S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; DDT; Domoic acid; Epilepsy; PBDE; PCB; Seizures; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

1,1 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2,2 DICHLOROETHENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DOMOIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FETUS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; KAINIC ACID; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEIZURES; ZEBRAFISH;

ALGAE; DANIO RERIO; OTARIIDAE; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 77951672937     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901301     Document Type: Article

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